Children and teenagers residing in Manitoba have been warned about sexting time and again by the Family Services Ministry. In the latest announcement, the Minister for Family Services, Gord Mackintosh, informed that there has been an exceptional rise in the numbers of teens exchanging messages that were explicit in nature.

Meanwhile, parents and educators have also been asked to remind children about the dangers involving such acts, which can result them in suffering a life of emotional stress.

Talking about the current situation, Mackintosh said that an average teen in the province was texting 3,500 times in a month. He did say that technology was good and it had helped in improving communication between people. But, there are many hidden hazards as well.

Apparently, an increasing number of youngsters were using their cellphones to click their sexual images and were then sending their pictures to their friends. Teenagers were doing these things without any thought of the problems they can end up enduring because of such acts.

The statement made by Macintosh was part of an initiative launched to raise awareness regarding the International Safer Internet Day that was observed on the 8th of February. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection will be joining the fight against child pornography in order to ensure that the future of Canadian children is kept humiliation free.